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 SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Crrs. 240, 241._ 1920. 977 "That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized imder rules, °*’S°*°*° '*”°S= °°°·· limitations, and regulations to be prescribed by him, ei loan obsolete i'i‘id<>b¤isl°<if°v(i=i;r(?°+i§r:i·e}: or condemned Army rifles, slings, and cartridge belts to posts or °"S‘°'°"°m°'“°s‘ camps of organizations composed of honorably discharged soldiers, sailors, or marines, for use y them in connection with the funeral ceremonies of deceased soldiers, sailors, and marines, and for other S“'°”°‘°mm°¤“i°°· post ceremonial purposes; and to sell such posts and camps blank ammunition in suita le amounts for said rifles at cost price, plus cost _ of packing and transportation: Pro/mkled, however, That not to exceed f{,‘Q,'§'g’,,,,,,_ ten such rifles shall e issued to any one post or camp." Emnizenivcr Comnssroivnn Pnnsommn. sx§i€$€£$lm°§l1mjS` That the President is authorized to retain temporarily in service, ,,Qr,§"g}}’§,§‘;§,{,,,;§d{°“‘ under their present commissions, or to discharge and recommission -4Mm>· 786. temporarily m lower grades, such emergency officers as he may deem necessary; but the total number of officers on active duty, exclusive Limitof retired officers and disabled emergency officers und oing treatment for physical reconstruction, shall at no time excgd seventeen thousand eiglht hundred and twenty-three. Any emergency officer may be disc arged when his services are no longgr required, and all suc officers shall be discharged not later than ecember 31, 1920. All officers of the Regular Army holding commissions granted for the ,,e,,R°€§’§,‘, *,'§§,,,'“,§',,,‘g?,‘ period of the existing emergency, in whatever grade, shall be dis- {{,¤,·=5¤**<>¤¤ by -l¤¤¤ ¤0· charged therefrom not later than Jrme 30, 1920. ' Manu. or Honon non Vnnnun. vge°l?.i °' H°”°” '°” That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized, in the name ,,,E‘?,,‘},‘,,°‘,§}°{‘,,,,§g,;?Q of the Congress and people of the United States, to present to the ¤¤*¤¤¤=¤¤~ city of Verdun, France, a suitable memorial medal or tablet as a mark of America’s appreciation of the valor of its defenders, the cost to be paid from the appropriation for contingencies of the Army. Approved June 5, 1920. CHAP, 241.-An Act To amend section 9 of an Act entitled "An Act to define, {}"“§53}%‘] regulate, and punish trading Wlth the enemy, and for other purposes," approved October 6, 1917, asamended. ’ ' Be it enacted by the Senate and House ¢y’R'i€resentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, at section 9 of an Act _,,,,"'f*°’”¤"'°"**’°°“‘ entitle "An Act to dehne, regulate, and punish trading with the _\&40.r-_419· dr enemy, and for other purposes," approved October 6, 1917, as sa. " p` 3°’ “”°° amended, be, and hereby 1s, amended so as to read as follows: _ "Sec. 9. (a) That any person not an enemy or ally of enemy claim- ,,§,}°‘,’}§,§d°¤$‘,’;,*“°,*Q,¥,‘;§ ing any interest, right, or title in any money or other pxgperty which diu::»::¢&1gg other may have been conveyed, transferred, assigned, deliver, or paid to y` the Alien Property Custodian or seized bg him hereunder and eld by him or by thefTreasurer of the gliited tates, or to whom any debt may be 0 rom an enemy or y o enemy whose roperty or an part thereof shall have been conveyed, transferred, nss, delivered; or aid to the Alien Property Custodian or seizedelziy hereimder _ _ _ and) held by him or by the reasurer of the Unit States may file 1`*°°°°‘°"°’“°°·°~°- with the said custodian a notice of his claim under oath and m such form and containing such particulars as the said custodian shall P require; and the President, if application is made iih61‘6fo¥ by U16 em—Zyils°Yti¤a§°€$li»iZ claimant, may order the payment, conveyance, transfer, assignment, dm ¤>v¤¤¢ P~Si<1¢¤t- or delivery to said claimant of the money or other property so held bv the Alien Property Custodian or by the Treasurer of the United States, or of the interest therein to which the President shall de-